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MISSION TO ASHANTEE. 
John Hope Smith, Esquire, Governor in Chief of the British 
Forts and Settlements on the Gold Coast of Africa, to Sai Tootoo 
Q.UAMiNA, King of Ashantee, 
Sir, 
I HAVE received your letter of the 26th ult. and am happy to find 
that you are sincerely desirous of cultivating the friendship of the 
British nation. Both inclination and duty urge me to reciprocate 
the sentiments expressed by you, and I shall be anxious at all 
times to promote the harmony and good understanding which, I 
hope, will now be established between us respectively, and which 
cannot fail to be mutually advantageous. 
I regret to find there has been so much trouble about the Fantee 
notes, and I am sorry you did not apply to me in the first instance, 
as the affair should have been settled immediately to your satisfac- 
tion ; but I knew not of it, except from the Fantees having begged 
me to take four ackies per month from each note, which they said 
they had agreed for with your messengers at Abrah. 
I observe by the many instances quoted in your letter, that the 
notes of conquered countries have been transferred to your ances- 
tors, therefore it shall be the same on the present occasion. Here- 
with I send you two notes, one for two oz. per month, formerly 
held by Amooney, also one from the caboceer at Abrah for two oz, 
the latter was only 12 ackies per month, and I have added 1 oz. 4 
to it. These, and the notes you hold from Accra, will make your 
Company's pay six oz. per month, which shall be regularly paid 
at the Castle. 
I hope my ready compliance with your wishes will convince you 
of the good will of the British nation, but I have every reason to 
believe that attempts have been made to prejudice you against it, 
